Emperor Jiahe always maintained a dignified attitude in the court.
After court session, he returned to the Qianqing Palace bedroom and finally stopped hiding his emotions and laughed out loud.
Because this time's 'Mengjin auspicious sign' is the 'imperial auspicious sign' belonging to him Jiahe.
Enough to be recorded in history books!
Or the kind that is recorded together with Dayu, King Wu, and Emperor Guangwu!
Such a brilliant achievement would be hard to resist even for a monarch above all others.
The depression and anger caused by the edict of repentance was completely swept away.
How to not make Emperor Jiahe very happy?
The eunuch of the Imperial Household Department was crying and wiping his tears beside him: "Your Majesty has not laughed so happily for a long time. Seeing this, I am really happy from the bottom of my heart."
Emperor Jiahe waved his hand, then seemed to have thought of something and slowly put away his smile: "Have you found out what I told you to do?"
The eunuch of the Imperial Household Department tensed up when he heard this and whispered, "Your Majesty, I went to inquire right after the court session. The magistrate of Mengjin County, Chang Tao, came to the capital yesterday evening and then went to the residence of Lord Zheng first."
Emperor Jiahe narrowed his eyes.
If it were any other emperor, he would just turn a blind eye and let it go.
It is a good thing to get auspiciousness.
However, Emperor Jiahe was sensitive and suspicious by nature, and was keen on competing wits and courage with his ministers, and he was very skilled in political struggles.
He likes this auspicious sign of Mengjin.
Even though he knew that this auspicious sign was most likely fake, or half true and half false.
But if this matter was arranged by Zheng Xiasheng alone, Emperor Jiahe would inevitably feel unhappy about being fooled and led by his subjects.
Therefore, Emperor Jiahe needed to know what was going on.
Chang Tao went to Beijing last night and met with Zheng Xiasheng.
Early this morning, Zheng Xiasheng came to invite him to court.
No one would believe that there is nothing fishy about this matter.
Thinking of this, Emperor Jiahe snorted and said, "Let Changtao come to see me."
After half a cup of tea.
Chang Tao bowed his head and walked into the sleeping hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity respectfully, but he didn't even have time to kneel down and kowtow.
A voice filled with the emperor's anger suddenly rang out from the bedroom: "You bastard! How dare you deceive the emperor and deceive your father! Chang Tao, do you know your crime?"
As the saying goes: Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the Lord.
Even though Lord Zheng had given Chang Tao some advice in advance, he was still trembling with fear when he actually experienced this scene.
He fell to his knees with a plop, ignoring the piercing pain in his knees, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I am sincere to you, how dare I deceive you?"
Emperor Jiahe was wearing a Taoist robe, and as the robe fluttered, his thin figure looked particularly immortal.
However, when he slowly walked out of the bedroom, the oppressive feeling he brought was enough to suffocate Chang Tao.
Chang Tao knelt on the ground, not daring to look up.
"What a sincere person."
Emperor Jiahe stood in the shadows, and his expression could not be seen clearly, but his voice was particularly cold: "Then I want to ask you, have you met anyone since you came to Beijing from Mengjin?"
"Who instructed you to report the auspicious event in Mengjin?"
"Which political party are you from?"
Three sentences, each more sharp and shocking than the last.
It can also be heard that the emperor is well aware of the factional struggles in the court.
Or -
The factional strife in the Daliang Dynasty was instigated by Emperor Jiahe.
Chang Tao clenched his palms tightly, and used all his strength to calm his mind, and replied: "Your Majesty, after entering the capital last night, I went to see Lord Zheng."
"I have no imperial edict to come to the capital, and I am really worried. I am also worried that I will be disrespectful in front of the emperor and delay the auspicious event. Therefore, I will inform Lord Zheng about this matter first."
"The elder told me that this was a great thing and that I didn't need to worry. When we got to the palace today, I told him the truth."
"Auspicious signs were born in Mengjin. I, a humble official, went to the capital to report on my own initiative, without anyone's instructions."
"I only care about Your Majesty, not the political parties."
Fortunately, Elder Zheng had given some pointers in advance. Otherwise, Chang Tao would never have been able to come up with such nice words on the spot.
Emperor Jiahe narrowed his eyes and fell into thought.
What Chang Tao meant by this was that Zheng Xiasheng didn't know about the auspicious event, and it was impossible for him to be in charge of it.
In this matter, Zheng Xiasheng was simply taking advantage of the situation and doing a favor, passing on the message to ask him to go to court today and accept the auspicious sign.
However, this statement is half true and half false, how credible is it?
After a moment of silence, Emperor Jiahe decided to trick Chang Tao and said with a sneer, "You are lying! You are 40 years old and still just a county magistrate."
"If you really have such extraordinary abilities, why would you hide in a small place like Mengjin? Tell me, who gave you the idea?"
This is the important reason why Chang Tao did not dare to conceal the existence of "Jia Shao" and took all the credit.
He couldn't take it.
If you don't have the real ability and try hard to show off, you will be doomed in an instant.
Therefore, Chang Tao took a deep breath and said a name that shocked Emperor Jiahe: "Your Majesty, the person who gave me advice is called Jia Shao."
Jia Shao?
At that moment, the emperor froze for a moment.
He went through the names of all the civil and military officials in the court in his mind, but he really couldn't figure out who this Jia Shao was.
Emperor Jiahe looked at the eunuch from the Imperial Household Department who was waiting nearby.
The eunuch in charge of imperial ceremonies shook his head slowly.
This means: there is no such person in the court at all.
Emperor Jiahe's anger suddenly disappeared by more than half.
Since it was not in the imperial court and was not organized by Zheng Xiasheng, it was highly unlikely that it was involved in party disputes. Whether the auspicious event was true or false, it was at least pure.
Therefore, Emperor Jiahe softened his tone and said, "Tell me the whole story of this matter carefully, and don't hide anything."
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